Thyroid and heart failure: from pathophysiology to clinics

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Author(s): Iervasi, Giorgio; Pingitore, Alessandro (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 264
City: New York, Milan
Tags: Heart failure -- Etiology.;Hyperthyroidism -- Complications.

Content: Heart failure: from epidemiology to pathophysiology / Antonio L'Abbate --
Neuroendocrine control of the cardiovascular system in heart failure / Claudio Ceconi and Roberto Ferrari --
Cardiac morphology and function in mild hypothyroidism / Bernadette Biondi
Cardiovascular hemodynamics and work capacity in thyroid dysfunction / George J. Kahaly --
Mechanism of action of thyroid hormone on the cardiac vascular system / Wolfgang H. Dillmann --
Cardiac functional effects of 3-iodothyronamine, a new endogenous thyroid hormone derivative / Riccardo Zucchi, Sandra Ghelardoni and Grazia Chiellini --
Cardiac thyroid-hormone deiodinative pathways in ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure / Warner S. Simonides --
Thyroid hormone receptor signaling in normal and failing heart / Koichiro Kinugawa ... [et al.] --
Pharmacological effects of amiodarone and dronedarone on cardiac thyroid hormone receptors / Wilmar M. Wiersinga --
Changes in thyroid hormone metabolism and gene expression in the failing heart: therapeutic implications / Sara Danzi and Irwin Klein --
Thyroid-hormone-regulated cardiac metabolism in normal and failing heart / Michael A. Portman --
Cardiac myocyte and vascular remodeling in altered thyroid conditions / Yuefeng Chen and A. Martin Gerdes --
Thyroid hormone and ischemic myocardium / Constantinos Pantos, Iordanis Mourouzis and Dennis V. Cokkinos --
Thyroid and cardiovascular risk / Avantika C. Waring and Anne R. Cappola --
Relationship between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and heart failure and mortality / Reto Auer and Nicolas Rodondi --
Low triiodothyronine syndrome as a powerful predictor of death in heart failure / Giorgio Iervasi, Laura Sabatino and Giuseppina Nicolini --
Thyroid, renal function, and cardiac outcome / Carmine Zoccali and Francesca Mallamaci --
Low triiodothyronine syndrome and depression in patients with chronic heart failure / Robertas Bunevičius --
Treatment options for primary thyroid disease in patients with heart failure / Anthony Toft and Kate Gaskell --
Synthetic thyroid hormone and thyroid hormone analogues for treatment of heart failure / Alessandro Pingitore, Vincenzo Lionetti and Francesca Forini --
Thyroid hormone supplementation for infants and children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery / Aaron K. Olson and Michael A. Portman --
New approaches for treating heart disease by modulating thyroid hormone signaling using gene therapy approaches / Mark Davis, Maria Giovanna Trivieri and Peter H. Backx.